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Friday 10: This is not a test

We can dodge debris while we trim the tree

Low angle on a very small, brown, flat-topped mushroom. There's a dome of fresh snow on top of it.
What a crazy fluke, we’re gonna get nuked
Source: Andreas / Pixabay / Pixabay Content License

Only four lyrics guessed last week among two participants; folks must be tired as the end of the year approaches. One of the songs last week was Janet Jackson’s Nasty, and in the video I linked you can really see the family resemblance to Michael.

This is the last set of 2025! Come back on the 2nd, when I’ll have another ten. After that… well, things are going to be logistically complex for a couple of weeks, so we’ll see!

If you’ve never played before, you’ll want the rules.

  1. Post your guesses in the comments. Provide both the artist and the title.
  2. No fair searching.
  3. Covers are accepted if I can find them. (It’s surprising how often hit songs are covers, actually.)

When you’re done, check out Glen’s Friday 10bloc!

This week’s lyrics:

  1. Shake yourself, you’re every move you make — so the story goes.
    Owner of a Lonely Heart, Yes
    Guessed by
    Direct Push
  2. You told me to leave you alone. My father said come on home.
    Chain of Fools, Aretha Franklin
    Guessed by
    Sidney
  3. I think I had a black wallet in my back pocket with a bus ticket and a picture of my baby inside.
    Bright Future in Sales, Fountains of Wayne
    Guessed by
    Glen
  4. Ali said “Damn, Tip, what did you drive so far for?”
    I Left My Wallet in El Segundo, A Tribe Called Quest
    Guessed by
    Bubs
  5. Was it something you would do for anybody? Was it what you’ld only do for me?
    Snail Shell, They Might Be Giants
  6. It's not like life’s such a vale of tears, it's just full of thoughts that act as souvenirs for those tiny blunders made in yesteryear…
    Jacob Marley’s Chain, Aimee Mann
  7. When the radical priest come to get me released we was all on the cover of Newsweek
    Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard, Paul Simon
    Guessed by
    Direct Push
  8. And Harry doesn’t mind if he doesn’t make the scene. He's got a daytime job, he’s doing alright
    Sultans of Swing, Dire Straits
    Guessed by
    Sidney
  9. Gonna use my style, gonna use my sidestep
    Brass in Pocket, The Pretenders
    Guessed by
    Sidney
  10. You read me wrong. I wasn't trying to lead you on.
    I Didn’t Mean to Turn You On, Cherrelle (Covered by Robert Palmer)
    Guessed by
    Frodis Caper

Your guesses